Former Camden elementary principal pleads guilty

A former Camden elementary school principal pleaded guilty Tuesday to taking part in a scheme to bill the district for more than $25,000 in extra wages for meetings that never took place, according to a report in the Philadelphia Inqurier.

The report said Juanita Worthy, 61, of Evesham, admitted to third-degree attempted theft by deception, a felony, before Superior Court Judge Stephen M. Holden. The state has indicated that it will recommend probation when Worthy is sentenced on Feb. 6. She previously resigned from the district and will be barred from public employment in New Jersey.